Blackbird Doughnuts / Sally's Sandwiches - South End
Donut shop · South End ·
Inventive sweet & savory donuts, plus coffee and sandwiches
Inventive sweet & savory donuts, plus coffee and sandwiches
"This is no Dunkin Donuts. The team behind our favorite South End haunt The Gallows presents this tiny takeaway doughnut shop just a stone's throw from home. Blackbird makes both sweet and savory raised doughnuts in the old school fashion but with modern flavors like sesame Sriracha, salted toffee, blackberry lavender and pepperoni pizza! The space has a nouveau industrial feel with a wall of steel pained windows allowing customers to peek into the baking process and watch the fresh doughnuts make their way into the front of the house. But be warned, they are habit forming, especially the little stacks of three!" - Adam&Co.
"Blackbird is pretty much the Willy Wonka of the donut world, with unique offerings like everything bagel and pumpkin cheesecake donuts, as well as apple cider donut pie (literally cider donuts that are baked on top of a graham cracker crust). Not everything’s a hit, but since no golden tickets are required for entry, we’re open to keep taste testing the creations from this factory." - Joel Ang
"This South End-born doughnut chain turns out some of the city’s very best doughnuts, including several takes on cider doughnuts like a spiced cake doughnut with cinnamon sugar and a vegan brioche doughnut with cider glaze and fall sprinkles." - Terrence Doyle, Adam H. Callaghan
"Blackbird Doughnuts in Boston’s South End (and also Beacon Hill, Brighton, Fenway, Harvard Square, and Newton Centre) is, it has to be said, now iconic. It’s slinging some of the city’s most excellent doughnuts. The salted toffee is perfectly balanced and should be part of your dozen, but the signature flavor — a vanilla bean old fashioned with vanilla bean glaze — is what keeps the lights on. Also worth your pennies: something savory from Sally’s Sandwiches, which is located inside the original shop on Tremont Street. (Note: The Harvard Square location is temporarily closed but expected to reopen in September 2021.)" - Terrence Doyle
"The local doughnut chain is currently pausing doughnut production at all locations, but the South End location is delivering slices of pie and a few other treats. Delivering locally via Caviar." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal